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About The Role Leading a highperforming team, you will oversee the Council business program, champion a robust governance framework, and provide expert advice grounded in the Local Government Act 2020 and broader legislative landscape, while enabling strong governance oversight across the organisation through the effective operation of the Audit & Risk Committee and reporting to support informed decisionmaking. The role also provides leadership in Councillor governance and integrity, including support to Councillor conduct management and supporting Councillors to meet their legislative and ethical obligations. Your influence will be felt across the organisation as you support accountable, ethical, and transparent operations that align with the Citys values and longterm vision. This is an opportunity to bring your governance expertise to a role that truly matters where your leadership will help build trust, enable good decisions, and support a thriving community. Work type: Fixed term contract (12 months) Classification: SPL, $148,599+ super. Key responsibilities Lead a customerfirst, bestpractice approach across the department, proactively addressing challenges to deliver highquality services to the community. Develop and strengthen strategic partnerships with internal stakeholders and industry peers to foster collaboration and shared outcomes. Navigate and balance competing stakeholder needs, ensuring departmental priorities are achieved while consistently meeting customer expectations. Provide strategic oversight and coordination of the Council Business Program and the Audit & Risk Committee, ensuring effective operation, highquality reporting, and alignment with governance, risk and assurance priorities. Provide support to the framework for Councillor conduct and integrity, including managing complex conduct matters. Provide expert, trusted governance and legislative advice to Councillors, the Executive Leadership Team, and senior officers. Act as the primary point of contact for Councillors, delivering clear, timely and practical advice. Support Councillors and employees with their obligations under the Local Government Act2020, including conflicts of interest, gifts and hospitality, and personal interest returns. Drive the implementation and continuous improvement of governance frameworks, including policies, delegations, statutory registers, and compliance mechanisms. Lead statutory governance and reporting obligations, including Annual Report inputs and legislative compliance. Support key governance bodies and processes, including the CEO Employment and Remuneration Committee and Council election readiness. About You To be successful in this role, you will have a tertiary qualification in governance, business administration, law or a related discipline and/or significant professional experience in governance in a comparable organisation. Essential Experience Extensive management experience in a governancerelated field in the public or private sectors. Demonstrated people management skills to support, influence and foster a productive team culture. Accomplished negotiation, writing, presentation and public speaking skills to influence stakeholders and achieve support for department outcomes. Welldeveloped problemsolving and stakeholder management skills with the ability to build cooperation and partnerships. Proven track of leading teams through change ensuring strong stakeholder engagement throughout the process. Demonstrated skills in business planning and management, budget development, financial and resource management, and complex reporting in accordance with strategic goals and KPIs. Demonstrated project management experience with the ability to lead small to medium sized projects to quality outputs, within tight deadlines and budget. Ability to interpret and apply, or experience in interpreting and applying, the Local Government Act and other relevant legislation. Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written, including the ability to successfully negotiate, influence and resolve complex issues. Ability to determine highlevel program delivery across multiple functional work areas, resolve service delivery issues, and set operational work allocation. High proficiency to identify and mitigate risks. Demonstrated experience in business planning and management, including budget development, financial management, resource management and complex reporting. Preferred candidates Preferred candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check and Working with Childrens Check as part of the recruitment process (funded by the City). Child Safety Responsibilities We are committed to being a childsafe organisation and have zerotolerance for child abuse. We have specific policies, procedures, and mandatory training in place to support employees, volunteers, and contractors to achieve and adhere to these commitments. Please read our Child Safe Standards Management Policy. Diversity and Inclusion At the City we want a workforce that reflects the community we live in. We welcome and embrace everyone, all people with their own unique experiences, and support and encourage all our employees to do their best work, have equal access to opportunities and a just working environment. For this reason, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from First Nations people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, from the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disability and people of all genders, ages and diverse experience. #J-18808-Ljbffr